Hi, I have a part with an incredible number of faces. I would like to find a way to make this part have one face/surface. When I attempt to merge the faces it causes solidworks to crash due to the incredible number edges/faces. Any ideas on what features or tools I could use to make this have one surface or face?
Thanks in advance
Meshlab (free) is a good tool to reduce mesh count.
I have just attached the file to the original post. I will try meshlab and bringing it in as a Scanto3D file. Thanks!
Hey Austin.. ok,.. I think I know what you are wanting to do now, make this into a single surface... and as Mark suggest, Scanto3D.
anyhow,.. after opening the file and seeing these are 2 solid bodies.. as is, for a mesh/facet model this is pretty small and manageable.. (<20K faces)
..so, it combines fine to make a single body and I exported and reduced it by 80%...
Have you tried bringing it in as a Scanto3D file?
Austin,.. sounds like it's a bunch of trim surfaces.. so, if you can get the original mesh and reduce the mesh count to less than 20K.. it maybe more manageable?
If you want to post it, I or someone maybe able to fix it?